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New Jumbo U2 release - v116



Announcement
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The latest release (Version 116) of the Jumbo U2 customization
file (XYWEB116.ZIP) for XyWrite 4 for DOS, XyWrite for Windows and
Nota Bene for Windows can be downloaded at XyWWWeb
http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/. The Jumbo U2 is freeware.

The bundled README.1ST file has important information for new and
returning users. Please read it first!

Version 116 includes numerous enhancements and fixes, large and
small. Here is a list of New routines and major Revisions:
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Chars - Insert CodePage 437|850|1252 characters (menu):
 CP437 - US-ASCII [437] alpha characters and useful symbols
 CP850 - Western Europe/Latin [850] alpha characters and
  useful symbols
 CP1252 - ANSI [OS/2=CP1004] [1252] alpha characters and
  useful symbols
 CPlow - US-ASCII [437] low
 Foreign - US-ASCII [437] accented/foreign
 Greek/Math - US-ASCII [437] Greek/Math
 Lines - US-ASCII [437] line-drawing chars
 Patterns - US-ASCII [437] pattern chars
 Special - US-ASCII [437] "special" chars
@dts - Convert hexadecimal date YYYYMMDD to decimal in format
  determined by default FZ
@tim - Convert military time HH:MM to hexadecimal number
  HHMM0000
@tms - Convert hexadecimal time HHMM0000 to time format
  determined by default MT
InSt,InStR,XSR - In$tring[Reverse], XSReverse
ClipW* - Copy|Paste with WSH (Win32 only): Uses either an
  EXEcutable (CLIP.EXE) [new default; faster] or v115
  WSH/VBS routine to manage Copy/Paste functions
cURL stuff:
 ChkURLs - Check existence of HREFs on current HTML page
 GetHTTP,ReadHTTP,GetFTP,ReadFTP,PutFTP - Download (GET)
  HTTP|FTP file to current dir + optionally CAll (READ);
  Upload (PUT) FTP file to host
 MngFTP - MaNaGe files at FTP sites
 ViewURL - now accepts URLs of any length (uses META HTTP-
  EQUIV=REFRESH)
XyperLinks - easier to use (more like browser hyperlinks)
KillMem - Kill unnecessary memory hog Save/Gets (including
  "special" S/Gs)
List,List2,Hv,Vw - LIST|View screen, file, or DF block: Now
  handles network (UNC) files
LoadAs* - Load current file or DF block as a Help file of any
  type - Revised
Log,L - Log date & time-stamped entries from CMline: Revised
MEall* - MErge all files that match given filespec(s)
NEv,NEv/* - Paste system clipboard into a NEw (Untitled) file
Oed,OedDOS - Uses an EXEcutable (OEDLOOKP.EXE) in Win32 to
  pass lookup word via DDE
Pseudo - Convert XPL code into plaintext pseudo code
RENall - REName all files in DIRectory display
Reopen* - Reopen previously-opened file - Major revision
Runcode,RuncYD - Run DeFined code, etc. - Major revision
Runem* - RUN XPL routines EMbedded in current file
SAveTo - SAve surrent file To one or more devices (hard disk,
  floppy, CD, FTP site, etc) with single command|key
Send - Net Send Message (using MESSENGER): send pop-up messages
SendBig - Net Send BIG Message (using MESSENGER)
Setup - Check (optionally Establish) Suitable Xy|NB System
  Defaults
Sleep - Improved, more accurate XySleep
Stack v3.3 for U2 (experiemental; may become the standard
  version after testing)
StackBox - Major revision/enhancement (see entire Stack, not
  just 50 items; Purge, Sort, Execute commands)
True*,Exist - Test truth/falsity, file/dir existence on CMline
Ya? - Yet Another Dictionary|Thesaurus|Web search
ZIPView* - View .ZIP directory in Untitled screen, then Read
  constituent file

Removed:
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DPseudo - Decode pseudo code into XPL (too much manual editing
   required)
ImportMSWord - Import MSWord doc, convert to plain text (too
   flaky)
Microspl,MS - Toggle Microlytics Dictionaries (false premise)
Path&Fn - Extract filename from d:\path\filename (done by
   GetPath)
ZIPDir - Superseded by ZIPView
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Robert Holmgren 
Carl Distefano